Forty years of durability assessment of nuclear waste glass by standard methods

Standard methods to assess the durability of vitrified radioactive waste were first developed in the 1980’s and, over the last 40 years, have evolved to yield a range of responses depending on experimental conditions and glass composition. Mechanistic understanding of glass dissolution has progresse...

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Veröffentlicht in:Npj Materials degradation 2021-12, Vol.5 (1), p.1-28, Article 61
Hauptverfasser: Thorpe, Clare L., Neeway, James J., Pearce, Carolyn I., Hand, Russell J., Fisher, Adam J., Walling, Sam A., Hyatt, Neil C., Kruger, Albert A., Schweiger, Michael, Kosson, David S., Arendt, Christina L., Marcial, Jose, Corkhill, Claire L.
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Zusammenfassung:Standard methods to assess the durability of vitrified radioactive waste were first developed in the 1980’s and, over the last 40 years, have evolved to yield a range of responses depending on experimental conditions and glass composition. Mechanistic understanding of glass dissolution has progressed in parallel, enhancing our interpretation of the data acquired. With the implementation of subsurface disposal for vitrified radioactive waste drawing closer, it is timely to review the available standard methodologies and reflect upon their relative advantages, limitations, and how the data obtained can be interpreted to support the post-closure safety case for radioactive waste disposal.
ISSN:2397-2106
2397-2106
DOI:10.1038/s41529-021-00210-4